Device for cooling fluids and the like.



M. K. WILLOOX.

DEVICE FOR 000mm FLUIDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1914.

Patnted Jan. 26, 1915.

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DEVICE FOR 000mm FLUIDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1914.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF OXFORD. NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR COOLING FLUIDS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed May 1. 1914.

lie. it known that I. MYaox K. WItLcoX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oxford. in the county of (.henango and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Cooling Fluids and the like, of which the following is a specification.

.\n object of the invention is to provide a device for cooling fluids and the like.

The invention embodies. among other features. a device particularly adaptable for use in cooling milk contained in the usual milk cans. and col'nprehends a structure bydraulically operated and whereby-the water used to operate the structure is also adapted to perform the function of cooling the fluid coutained'in the can. I

still further embodiment of the invention resides in a structure whereby the fluid for operating the structure is passed, by means of a pipe, through the fluid and after leaving the pipe is adapted to encircle the can containing the .iuid to further cool the same.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views. and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentai v vertical sectional view of m v device: Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line '22 in Fig. 1; Fig. -3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a modified form of my device; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. -l.

Referring more particularly to the views. I disclose the usual milk can 10 having a flared top 11 and adapted to receive a cover 1'2 provided with an opening 13 and including a circular flange 11 forming a track 15.

rod 11' depends from the roof of the usual milk house lT'and journaled to rotate on the lower end of the rod 16 is a motor 18 consisting of a circular pan-like body 1 having a series of blades 2 arranged to project from the inner wall thereof. the said pan-like body 1 being adapted to operate over the track 15 of the cover 12 as shown. A fluid supply pipe 21 is adapted to spray a jet of water into the panlike body 19 so that the jet of water will strike the blades Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26. 1915..

Serial No. 835.770.

il and thereby impart rotation to the body 19. and a cooling pipe 22 depends from the pan-like body 19 and has an inlet 23 communicating with the interior of the body, the outlet '24 of the cooling pipe 22 being adapted to project exteriorly of the body 19 as shown.

receptacle 25 preferably is adapted to receive the can 10 and includes an outlet pipe '26, the said receptacle including an extension 27 adapted to support the supply pipe 21 as shown.

Now when the water from the supply pipe 21 strikes the blades .20 of the motor 18 rotation will be imparted to the motor, thus rotating the depending portion of the cooling pipe 22 within the can 10 and the Water received in the pan-like body of the motor will pass into the pipe 22 and thence outwardly through the outlet 24 of the cooling pipe. the water being then received in the receptacle 25 and adapted to encircle and surround the can 10 to further cool the same, the outlet pipe 26 being provided to prevent the water received in the receptacle 25 from overflowing.

It will be apparent that with a structure of the character described the Water is not only used to operate the motor but is adapted to pass into the can through the medium of the cooling pipe and cool the contents thereof, and it is then further used to encircle the can and materially aid in further cooling the contents of the can.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I disclose a modified form of m v device and in which instance. instead of having the. motor 18 rotatably supported as shown in Fig. 1. I employ a cover 28 somewhat similar to the cover 12, but preferably including a ball bearing 19 engaged by and over which the motor 18 operates as shown. In order to further improve the exterior cooling of the can 10 I preferably employ a raised bottom 30 for the receptacle 25 and which is of a less diameter than the diameter of the can so that the water received in the receptacle will completely cover the sides of the can and part of the bottom thereof as shown. It will be understood that the operation of the structure disclosed in Figs. 4 and 5 is substantially the same as that described heretofore in connection with Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, and it will be further understood that slight modifications can be made without departing from the principle of the invention. the

scope of the invention being defined in the ap )ended claim.

, aving thus described my invention, I claim:

In a cooling device, the combination With a can, of a cover therefor and provided with an opening, a motor comprising a pan-like body and a series of diametrically extending blades arranged therein, a track formed on the cover and adapted to have the motor operate over the same, a supply pipe for ejecting a jet of Water against the blades of the motor to impart rotation thereto, and a cooling pipe depending from the motor and extending through the opening in the cover to lie Within the said can, the said cooling pipe including an inlet and an outlet, With the inlet communicating with the pan-like body to receive the water from the supply pipe and the said outlet adapted to project beyond the pan-like. body and revolve therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MYRON K. WILLCOX. Witnesses:

VERNON D. S'IRAT'ION, MILDRED E. COOPER. 

